Description
Specifies a maximum or minimum latency value, or both, on a function, loop, or region.
Vitis HLS always aims for minimum latency. The behavior of the tool when minimum and maximum latency values are specified is as follows:
- Latency is less than the minimum: If Vitis HLS can achieve less than the minimum specified latency, it extends the latency to the specified value, potentially enabling increased sharing.
- Latency is greater than the minimum: The constraint is satisfied. No further optimizations are performed.
- Latency is less than the maximum: The constraint is satisfied. No further optimizations are performed.
- Latency is greater than the maximum: If Vitis HLS cannot schedule within the maximum limit, it increases effort to achieve the specified constraint. If it still fails to meet the maximum latency, it issues a warning. Vitis HLS then produces a design with the smallest achievable latency.
Tip: You can also use
the LATENCY pragma or directive to limit the efforts of the tool to find an optimum
solution. Specifying latency constraints for scopes within the code: loops,
functions, or regions, reduces the possible solutions within that scope and can
improve tool runtime. Refer to Improving Synthesis Runtime and Capacity
for more information.
Syntax
set_directive_latency [OPTIONS] <location>-
<location>is the location (function, loop or region) (in the formatfunction[/label]) to be constrained.
Options
-
-max <integer> - Specifies the maximum latency.
-
-min <integer> - Specifies the minimum latency.
Examples
Function foo is specified to
have a minimum latency of 4 and a maximum latency of 8.
set_directive_latency -min=4 -max=8 fooIn function foo, loop
loop_row is specified to have a maximum
latency of 12. Place the pragma in the loop body.
set_directive_latency -max=12 foo/loop_row